The people of Quebec find themselves caught up in a nightmare. First, people are coming down with an illness that is always fatal. Then fresh graves are being dug up and the corpses are devoured. Added to this are the sudden disappearances of people in the middle of the night and strange howls in the distant woods. Unable to cope with these bizarre events, the people of Quebec ask the Vatican for help. It arrives in the form of Hunter, its top Slayer, and his companions. But can even such a skilled team as them discover who or what lies behind this misery?